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of that aperture, by an unsuccessful operation of extracting the 
cataract, performed seven years since. 
“ These, together with the other cases included in the two last 
divisions of the Report No. 2, prove that a very large proportion 
of persons unhappily afflicted with blindness, and hitherto con- 
sidered incurable, are now susceptible of relief from the new and 
improved operations, and the after-management of the eyes, 
practised by Mr. Adams, 
“In addition to the gratifying contents of the second Report, 
we think it our duty to state, for the information of the Board, 
that Mr. Adams has discovered a mode of curing the Egyptian 
ophthalmia, which has been successfully practised upon several 
of the pensioners, some of whom had been blind for three or 
four years, and given up as incurable by the most*eminent ocu- 
lists then in London. The communication that this destructive 
and hitherto intractable djsease admits of cure we conceive will 
be gladly received by the Board, and the promulgation by Mr. 
Adams of this important discovery be considered as a great ma- 
tional desideratum. 
<¢ By the adoption of his practice we are of opinion, from what 
we have seen of its effects, that a very large proportion of the 
seamen and soldiers, who have been discharged the service, blind: 
of the ophthalmia, might he again rendered fit for duty, or be 
made useful members of society. 
“ We cannot conclude this letter without stating, in Justice to 
Mr. Adams, that he has freely demonstrated his practice; and 
that he has, in the most liberal and unreserved manner, given us 
every information that we required relating to the treatment of 
diseases of the eyes. 
We are, sir, your very humble servants, 
R. Ropertson, Physician. 
B. M‘Laueuirin, Surgeon. 
, M. 8. Kent, Apothecary. 
John Dyer, Esq. 
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